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League  for  Social  Service 

Incorporated,  1898 


OFFICERS 

JOSIAH  STRONG 
President 

WM.  H.  TOLMAN 

Secretary 

SPENCER  TRASK 
Treasurer 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  LEAGUE 
287  Fourth  Avenue 
Near  Twenty-third  Street 
New  York  City 


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Personnel  and  Policy 


The  Committee  of  Direction  will  shape  the  pol¬ 
icy  of  the  League  and  is  comprised  of  the  follow¬ 
ing  persons  : 


Washington  Choate 
Mary  Lowe  Dickinson 
William  B.  Howland 
John  W.  Kjelgaard 
Robert  C.  Ogden 


Mornay  Williams 


Margaret  E.  Sangster 
Albert  Shaw 
Josiah  Strong 
William  H.  Tolman 
Spencer  Trask 


An  Advisory  Council,  representing  various  in¬ 
terests  and  sections  of  the  country,  consists  of  the 
following  at  the  date  of  issuing  the  prospectus 
(August,  1898),  Other  names  will  be  added: 


Miss  Jane  Addams 

Mrs.  Theodore  W.  Birney 
Mr.  R.  Fulton  Cutting 

Pres.  H.  B.  Frissell,  D.D. 

Mr.  Richard  Watson  Gilder 

Rev.  Washington  Gladden,  LL.D. 

Miss  Clare  de  Graffenried 

Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  D.D. 
Bishop  John  F.  Hurst,  LL.D. 
Rt.  Rev.  F.  D.  Huntington,  LL.D, 

Rev.  Wm.  R.  Huntington,  D.D. 

Mrs.  Alice  Freeman  Palmer 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Parkhurst,  D.D. 

Mr.  John  H.  Patterson 

Rt.  Rev.  Henry  C.  Potter,  LL.D. 

Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  LL.D. 

Rev.  Kerr  B.  Tupper,  LL.D. 
Bishopjohn  H.  Vincent,  LL.D. 


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riembership 

The  League  is  unsectarian  and  non-partisan.  As 
its  chief  purpose  is  educational,  a  large  member¬ 
ship  is  most  desirable.  To  secure  this,  annual 
i  membership  has  been  placed  at  $i.oo.  Member- 
'  ship  will  carry  with  it  the  receipt  of  one  copy  of 
every  leaflet  issued  during  the  year  of  member¬ 
ship  and  the  use  of  the  Information  Bureau. 

Others  who  co-operate  financially  to  the  extent 
of  five  dollars  or  iTiore  in  one  year  will  be  Sus- 
I  TAiNiNG  Members  and  will  receive  all  publications 
of  the  League  during  ihe  period  of  membership. 

Object 

I  The  object  of  the  League  is  to  educate  public 
opinion  and  the  popular  conscience,  from  the  en¬ 
lightening  and  quickening  of  which  must  come 
every  needed  reform,  whether  moral,  political, 
industrial  or  social. 

But  bad  bills  often  pass  our  legislatures  and  good 
{  ones  as  often  fail  of  enactment,  not  because  pub- 
i  lie  opinion  is  unenlightened,  but  because  it  is 
'  inoperative.  It  is  the  further  object  of  the  League, 
therefore,  to  afford  a  medium  through  which  an 
1  aroused  public  sentiment  can  be  brought  to  bear 
1  quickly  and  effectively  on  legislation. 


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Method 

The  method  of  the  League  includes  the  prepara¬ 
tion  and  systematic  distribution  of  literature,  a 
bureau  of  information  and  a  lecture  bureau. 

Literature 

Leaflets  will  be  issued  on  the  various  problems  of 
the  day,  written  by  men  and  women  who  are 
recognized  as  authorities  in  their  various  special¬ 
ties.  These  leaflets  will  be  adapted  to  all  degrees 
of  intelligence  and  to  all  classes.  Special  atten¬ 
tion  will  be  given  to  college  students  and  public 
I  school  scholars.  Leaflets  will  be  translated  into 
j  as  many  languages  as  may  be  required  by  the  im- 
[  migrant  population. 

j  It  is  proposed  that  this  literature,  which  can  be 
furnished  at  insignificant  cost,  be  systematically 
distributed  by  the  various  young  people’s  socie¬ 
ties  (whose  aggregate  membership  is  now  some 
5,000,000  in  the  United  States)  so  as  to  reach 
effectively  every  community. 

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Bureau  of  Information 

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The  new  social  spirit  is  bringing  in  the  Civic 
Renaissance.  Knowledge  of  how  other  individ¬ 
uals  and  other  institutions  are  working  out  social 


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problems  is  needed,  in  order  that  the  experience  of 
the  past  may  be  available  and  working  energy 
conserved  and  not  wasted  by  useless,  because 
unnecessary,  effort.  The  League  is  prepared  to 
indicate  the  latest  sources  of  information  regard¬ 
ing  present  day  problems,  whether  Religious, 
Industrial,  Municipal,  Philanthropic,  or  Civic,  so 
that  clergymen,  editors,  college  students  and 
others  may  economize  time  and  effort  in  the 
gathering  of  material. 

Foreign  Correspondents 

In  the  study  of  present  day  problems,  compari¬ 
son  with  other  countries  will  be  of  value.  The 
following  men  will  co-operate  with  the  League 
in  that  direction  : 

Sidney  Webb,  L.C.C.,  Robert  Donald,  London 
Musee  Social,  Paris 
Dr.  Eugen  Farkas,  Budapest 
Hon.  J.  C.  Monaghan,  Germany;  Chemniti; 

Hon.  Horace  Plunkett,  M.P.,  Ireland;  Dublin 
Kotaro  Shimomura,  Japan  ;  Osaka 

Victor  Holmes,  ‘Denmark ;  Copenhagen 
J.  C.  Van  Marken,  Holland;  Delft 

Hon.  Edward  Wavrinsky,  Sweden  ;  Stockholm 


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Lecture  Bureau 

The  League  is  preparing  to  arrange  lecture  courses 
and  to  secure  lecturers  on  Social  Problems.  In  j 
addition,  it  will  prepare  a  series  of  lantern  photo¬ 
graphs  for  illustrated  lectures  on  these  topics. 
These  slides  will  be  sold  or  rented.  The  advan¬ 
tages  of  this  phase  of  League  work  are  particu-  i 
larly  commended  to  Clergymen  and  Teachers 
who  are  desirous  of  instructing  by  means  of  con¬ 
crete  examples  of  actual  conditions.  This  de-  | 
partment  will  be  of  service  to  clubs  or  societies  * 
arranging  their  programs  for  the  coming  season.  , 


Administration 

The  League  was  incorporated  August,  1898.  The 
executive  officers  of  the  League  are  a  Presi-  ! 
dent,  a  Secretary  and  a  Treasurer. 


Leaflets 

The  Leaflets  are  entitled,  “  Truth  for  the  Times.” 
Series  A  is  on  Good  Citizenship  and  includes  the 
following  subjects  : 


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'  No.  I.  The  New  Patriotism 

Rev.  Josiah  Strong,  D.D. 

No.  2.  The  Co-operative  City 

Prof.  John  R.  Commons,  Ph.D. 

No.  3.  Good  Citizenship — What  It  Is 
I  Rt.  Rev,  F.  D.  Huntington,  LL.D. 

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No.  4.  The  Church  and  Present  Problems  of 
I  Citizenship 

Rev.  Washington  Gladden,  LL.D. 

No.  5.  The  Duty  of  a  Public  Spirit 

Pres.  E.  Benjamin  Andrews,  LL.D. 

No.  6.  A  Citizen’s  Manual 

L.  T.  Chamberlain 

No.  7.  Duties  of  American  Citizenship 

Hon.  S.  B.  Capen 

No.  8.  The  Value  of  a  Vote 

Dean  George  Hodges,  D.D. 

No.  9.  The  Ruler  of  America 

Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  D.D. 


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Digests  of  the  laws  of  each  State,  bearing  on 
public  morals,  will  be  prepared  in  leaflet  form. 

!  Those  for  Pennsylvania,  New  York,  Maine,  In¬ 
diana  and  Iowa  have  already  been  made.  These 
will  be  followed  by  others  giving  the  duties  of 
officials  and  their  oaths  of  office. 

Leaflets  will  be  sent  as  follows,  postage  prepaid  : 


lOO 


$0-35 

1-75 

3-50 


500 

1,000 


Two  thousand  or  more  at  I2.50  per  thousand,  plus  cost  of 
transportation.  Sent  by  freight,  as  all  large  orders  should 
be,  the  transportation  will  be  insignificant. 


ALL  COMMUNICATIONS  REQUIRING  A  REPLY 
SHOULD  CONTAIN  RETURN  POSTAGE 


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